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package eu.jakubiak.jpa.translator.annotations;

import eu.jakubiak.jpa.translator.discriminator.Discriminator;
import eu.jakubiak.jpa.translator.discriminator.JpaDiscriminator;
import eu.jakubiak.jpa.translator.provider.JpaProvider;
import eu.jakubiak.jpa.translator.provider.Provider;
import eu.jakubiak.jpa.translator.serializer.PlainSerializer;
import eu.jakubiak.jpa.translator.serializer.Serializer;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 *
 * @author Antek
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.FIELD,ElementType.PARAMETER})
public @interface Translate {

    /**
     * implementesion class of persistance provider
     * @return
     */
    Class<? extends Provider> provider() default JpaProvider.class;
    
    /**
     * implementesion class of discrimintator
     * @return
     */
    Class<? extends Discriminator> discriminator() default JpaDiscriminator.class;
    
    /**
     * implementesion class of serializer
     * @return
     */
    Class<? extends Serializer> serializer() default PlainSerializer.class;
}
